Chat Text Colors and Effects

By: Salmoneus

Special Thanks to: Ambo100

In both RuneScape and RuneScape Classic, it's possible to
change the color or effect of your text, but it's different in both versions. Whether you're trying to buy a new weapon, or asking for help on a quest, the best way to make your message stand out is with colored text.

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RuneScape Text Effects

Changing the colors and effects of your text in RuneScape is a bit different than in the Classical version, but it's the same idea. You may want to attract attention and make your message stand out with color, but there are lots of other effects you can use.

Colors

The 5 different colors you can use will show up in the main game-play window, but they always show up in blue in the chat area (unless you split chat). You can type in red, green, cyan, purple, and white. To type in a different color, you first type in a color mentioned above, followed by a colon, and then your message.

Color Codes

Code

Effect

Example

Result

cyan:

Bright Blue Text

cyan:Sal's Realm

green:

Green Text

green:Sal's Realm

purple:

Purple Text

purple:Sal's Realm

red:

Red Text

red:Sal's Realm

white:

White Text

white:Sal's Realm

Effects

There are 7 different text effects that you can use in RuneScape. You can make text scroll from right to left, wave up and down, flash quickly in 3 different ways (flash1, flash 2, flash3), and glowslowly in 3 different ways (glow1, glow2, glow3). The latest effects added to the game wave more slowly (wave2), slide into view, and shake up and down.

Effect Codes

Code

Effect

flash1:

Text cycles red to yellow quickly.

flash2:

Text cycles blue to cyan quickly.

flash3:

Text cycles green to light green quickly.

glow1:

Text fades red to blue.

glow2:

Text fades red to purple to blue.

glow3:

Text fades white to green to blue.

scroll:

Text scrolls right to left.

shake:

Text shakes up and down.

slide:

Text slides from top to bottom.

wave:

Text waves up and down.

wave2:

Text waves slowly from left to right.

Combinations

You can have combinations of colors and text effects in your messages too. Colored text (cyan, green, purple, red and white) can scroll, shake, slide, or wave. Flashing and glowing text effects may also have a scroll or wave effect added to them.